17 September 2024

Pellizzi Prize 2024: applicants' posters available!

At Pellizzi Prize section ("Previous Editions - Year 2024"), the posters about the Ph.D. Theses of the award applicants are now online.
Take a look!
The research works of these excellent young experts are very interesting and innovative.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General


30 July 2024

"Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize 2024": the three finalists!

The "Club of Bologna" is pleased to annunce that the finalist of the "Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize 2024" are (alphabetical order):

  • Dr. Zixuan He (USA) - Efforts towards effective robotic strawberry harvesting
  • Dr. Xin Tian (USA) - Methods to reduce energy consumption in the hydraulic system toward the next generation of green, high-efficient agricultural tractors
  • Dr. Lu Xun (CHI) - Towards a sustainable use of plant protection products in orchards: implementation of canopy-adapted spray technology and new developments for spray efficiency evaluation.

The ranking will be officially announced during the “Award Ceremony” (scheduled on Sunday 10, November 2024, during the 33rd CoB Members' Meeting, EIMA International 6-10 November, Bologna, Italy). Each finalist will present her/his PhD thesis during the Award ceremony.

To the outstanding finalists, the warmest congratulations from all the Evaluation Panel, composed by the Members of the "Club of Bologna" Management Committee  and a memberof the Academy of the Georgofili of Florence.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General


21 July 2024

Management Committee (MC) decisions (19 July 2024, online)


Marco Fiala - Secretary General


02 July 2024

"Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize 2024 - V Edition": Applicants and Ph.D. abstract

The deadline (31 May 2024) for the submission of applications has expired and the applicants for the 5th edition of the prize are twelve:

Dr. Lu Xun (CHI); Dr. Vinay Kumar (IND); Dr.  Lokesh_Kumawat (AUS); Dr. Ilwar Singh Parihar (IND); Dr. Alessio Tugnolo (ITA); Dr. Xin Tian (USA); Dr. Lirong Xiang (USA); Dr. Chetan Badgujar (USA); Dr. Yallappa D (IND); Dr. Zixuan He (USA); Dr. Andrea Pagliai (ITA); Dr. Chenchen Kang (USA).

The Abstracts of their PhD theses are online at the section "Pellizzi Prize, Previuos Editions, year 2024". By next 30 July, the winners will be announced.
During the Award Ceremony (10 November 20, Bologna, EIMA International, in occasion of 33rd CoB Members' Meeting, 9-10 November 2024) a brief presentation of the thesis will be given by the Winners.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General


07 March 2024

Club of Bologna - Linkedin Group

The "Club of Bologna" Linkedin Group was designed!
Follow the group! You will to be always updated!

Marco Fiala - CoB Secretary General

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CLUB OF BOLOGNA: A WORLD TASK-FORCE ON THE STRATEGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION
The Club of Bologna is a free association founded by FederUnacoma under the auspices of CIGR and in close collaboration with FAO, UNIDO and Accademia dei Georgofili, with the goal to convene, almost once a year, the highest international experts on mechanization in order to discuss subjects of a pre-eminent importance for the development of the agricultural machinery sector.